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You Belong: A Call for Connection
we also don’t need to feel belonging to belong. Belonging is truth and it is the fundamental nature of reality right here and now, whether we feel it or not. For me, it’s often been not.
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago
“Difference” does not equal “not belonging,” but as many of us live farther away from our families and as we connect to multiple communities and cultures, our sense of belonging feels tenuous.
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago
Joy is accepting each moment for what it is without contention. We belong to any moment simply by meeting it with joy. This is freedom. Love is the ultimate expression of joy and freedom. Joy, freedom, and love could be considered synonyms for each other, and for belonging.
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago
Belonging is an expression of life.
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago
All of us are taught to not belong. We feel we don’t belong and presto, our survival instinct triggers our longing to belong.
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago
At the heart of not belonging is what I refer to as “the delusion of separation”—the belief that you are separate from other people, from other beings, and from nature itself. And it is a delusion. You are not separate. You never were. You never will be.
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago
If we don’t feel belonging, it turns out we can learn to feel it because it’s wired into us.
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago
We learn that appreciation, acceptance, and sometimes even love are connected to how we measure up. How could this not affect our sense of belonging?
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago
Transformation happens in practice not by getting somewhere or gaining something but by recognizing the right here and right now.
from You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
Tara McMullin added 8d ago